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Ba— Gaston Reprise... 8b —How Long Must This Go On? 9—Be Our Guest 9a = Belle in the West Wing 10—If I Can't Love Her . Acr2 I1~Entr‘acte... Ta—Wolf Chase #2. 12—Something There.. 13-Human Again. 14 Maison des Lunes 14a Before “Beauty and the Beast’ 15~Beautty and the Beast 15a The Beast Lets Belle Go 16— If I Can't Love Her Reprise.. 16a— A Change in Me. : 16b— Show Me the Beasi 17~The Mob Song.. 17a— The Battle 17b— Fight on the Tower... 18 ~Is This Home Reprise. 19 ~ Travisformation/Final 20-Bows.. 21—Exit Music. 82SONGS BY CHARCTER BELLE 2-Belle. 3~No Matter What 5-Me.. 6— Belle Reprise... 7—Is This Home? 12— Something There... ‘16a—A Change in Me. 18 ~Is This Home Repris 19 — Transformation/Finale..... MAURICE, 3 —No Matter Whitt... 3a—No Matter What Reprise 4—Wolf Chase #1 GASTON 5—Me. 8- Gaston... 8a — Gaston Repris 14 Maison des Lunes 17-The Mob Son; MRS, POTTS 7a~Is This Home Tag.. 9~Be Our Guest.. 12—Something There... 15 — Beauty and the Beast 8a —Gaston Reprise.. 14—Maison des Lunes SILLY GIRLS 8—Gaston... 39 iv ‘THE BEAST 8b—How Long Must This Go On?. 10-If 1 Can’t Love Her. 12 Something There.. 16~If I Can't Love Her Reprise... 19 Transformation/Finale. LUMIERE 9—Be Our Guest 12 ~ Something There.. cur 9—Be Our Guest vse cOGsWoRTH 12 ~ Something There... D/ARQUE 14 ~Maison des Lunes... ENSEMBLE 8~Gaston 9—Be Oter Guest oer 13-Human Again... 17~The Mob Song .. 19 ~ Transformation/Finale.. enene:99Beauty anp THE Beast -1- er PROLOGUE (The music begins. As a Voice-Over Narrator begins the Prologue; the curtain rises to reveal a young man of indeterminate age and noble bearing, standing in the doorway of a majestic castle.) NARRATOR (V.O.) Once Upon a Time in a faraway land, a young prince lived in a shining caste. Although he had everything his heart desired, the Prince was spoiled, selfish and unkind, (The light reveals an old Beggar Woman.) But then, one winter’s night, an old beggar woman came to the castle and offered him a single rose in return for shelter from the bitter cold. (The actors pantomime the action as the Narrator continues) Repulsed by her haggard appearance, the Prince sneered at the gift and tuned the old woman away, But she warned him not to be deceived by appearances for beauty is found within, And when he dismissed her again, the old woman's ugliness melted away to reveal... «1a beautiful Enchantress, (She is transformed into an Enchantress. He falls to his knees, begging forgiveness.) ‘The Prince tried to apologize, but it was too late, For she had seen that there was no love in his heart. As punishment, she transformed him.. ..into a hideous Beast and placed a powerful spell on the castle and all who lived there. (We can see that the young man lias been transformed into the Beast. He holds the ‘Magic Mirror, ‘Ashamed of his monstrous form, the Beast concealed himself inside his castle with a Magic Mirror as his only window to the outside world. (The Rose appears) ‘The rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose, which would bloom for many years. (The Beast covers it with a glass dome for protection.) If he could learn to love another and earn their love in return by the time the last petal fell, then the spell would be broken. If not...he would be doomed to remain a Beast for all time.- Beauty ano THE BEAST (The Beast gazes at the Rose...trapped, forlorn and hopeless.) (NARRATOR) ‘As the years passed, he fell into despair and lost all hope. For who could ever learn to love a Beast? (Belle is revealed. As the Narrator finishes the Prologue, the sun begins to rise and we see the silliouette of a small town.) SCENE ONE: THE TOWN (A charming, provincial French village) BELLE LITTLE TOWN, IT’S A QUIET VILLAGE EVERY DAY LIKE THE ONE BEFORE LITTLE TOWN FULL OF LITTLE PEOPLE WAKING UPTO SAY. (Villagers enter and begin to bustle about their daily business.) ARISTOCRATIC LADY BONJOUR! FISH MAN BONJOUR! EGG MAN BONJOUR! SAUSAGE CURL GIRL BONJOUR! BAKER BONJOUR! (The Baker carries a tray of rolls) BELLE THERE GOES THE BAKER WITH HIS TRAY, LIKE ALWAYS. THE SAME OLD BREAD AND ROLLS TO SELL EVERY MORNING JUST THE SAME SINCE THE MORNING THAT WE CAME TO THIS POOR PROVINCIAL TOWN BAKER Good morning, Belle!BEAUTY AND THE BEAST BELLE Morning, Monsieur. BAKER Where you off to? BELLE ‘The bookshop. I just finished the most wonderful story about a beanstalk and an ogre and... (But he’s not interested. He yells over his shoulder to his wife) BAKER That's nice. Marie! The baguettes! Hurry up! (Belle sighs...never mind, She continues on her way. Various townspeople talk about her as she passes.) ARISTOCRATIC LADY/LADY with CANE LOOK THERE SHE GOES ‘THE GIRL IS STRANGE, NO QUESTION DAZED AND DISTRACTED, CAN'T YOU TELL? LADY with BABY/SAUSAGE CURL GIRL NEVER PART OF ANY CROWD CANDLE MAN/FISH MAN ‘CAUSE HER HEAD'S UP ON SOME CLOUD SOME VILLAGERS NO DENYING SHE'S A FUNNY GIRL, THAT BELLE, HAT SELLER BONJOUR. SAUSAGE CURL GIRL GOOD DAY. HAT SELLER HOW IS YOUR FAMILY? MILKMAID BONJOUR. ¥ SHEPHERD BOY GOOD DAY. MILKMAID HOW IS YOUR WIFE?- Beauty anp THE BEAST LADY with CANE I NEED...SIX EGGS. ARISTOCRATIC LADY THAT'S TOO EXPENSIVE! BELLE THERE MUST BE MORE THAN THIS PROVINCIAL LIFE! (Belle walks to the Book Shop. A kindly Bookseller turns around, pleased to see her.) BOOKSELLER Ah, Belle! BELLE Good morning. I've come to return the book I borrowed. BOOKSELLER Finished already? BELLE Oh, I couldn't put it down. Have you got anything new? BOOKSELLER (He chuckles.) Not since yesterday. BELLE ‘That's all right. I'l borrow....this one! BOOKSELLER ‘That one? But you've read it twice! BELLE Well, it’s my favorite. Far-off places, daring sword fights, magic spells, a prince in disguise... BOOKSELLER Ifyou like it all that much...it’s yours. BELLE But sir! BOOKSELLER Tinsist. BELLE ‘Well, thank you. Thank you very much! (She exits and continues through town.)Beauty AND THE Beast VILLAGERS LOOK THERE SHE GOES--THAT GIRL IS SO PECULIAR I WONDER IF SHE'S FEELING WELL ALL FEMALE VILLAGERS WITH A DREAMY, FAR-OFF LOOK ALL MALE VILLAGERS AND HER NOSE STUCK IN A BOOK ALL VILLAGERS WHAT A PUZZLE TO THE REST OF US IS BELLE elle sits on a fountain, engrossed in her book.) BELLE OH...ISN’T THIS AMAZING? IT’S MY FAVORITE PART BECAUSE... YOU'LL SEE HERE'S WHERE SHE MEETS PRINCE CHARMING BUT SHE WON'T DISCOVER THAT IT’S HIM. ‘TIL CHAPTER THREE. ARISTOCRATIC LADY NOW IT’S NO WONDER THAT HER NAME MEANS ‘BEAUTY’ HER LOOKS HAVE GOT NO PARALLEL HATSELLER BUT BEHIND THAT FAIR FACADE I'M AFRAID SHE'S RATHER ODD EGGMAN VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF US MORE VILLAGERS SHE'S NOTHING LIKE THE REST OF US ALL VILLAGERS ‘YES, DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF US 1S BELLE (We hear a loud gunshot. Lefou rushes onstage, holding a gunnysack open toward the sky...readdy to catch the fallen prey.) LEFOU I got it. I got it. I got (duck drop) Wow.- Braury AND THE Beast (A large duck drops onstage, missing the bag entirely. He quickly picks it up, drops it into the bag as Gaston enters. He carries a large smioking gun. Gaston is a very handsome, rude, narcissistic, egomaniacal hunter who is willing to go to any lengths to get what he wants. Lefou is his dim-witted hanger-on.) LEFOU You didn’t miss a shot, Gaston. You're the greatest hunter in the whole world! GASTON I know. LEFOU No beast alive stands a chance against you! And no girl for that matter. GASTON It's true, Lefou. And I've got my sights set on that one. LEFOU The inventor's daughter? GASTON She's the one. The lucky girl I'm going to marry. LEFOU But, she’s... GASTON The most beautiful girl in town, LEFOU Iknow, but... GASTON ‘That makes her the best. (He grabs Lefou in. a beefy hand and pulls him up nose-to-nose.) And don't I deserve the best? LEFOU Well, of course you do! (Gaston drops Lefou and sings.) GASTON RIGHT FROM THE MOMENT WHEN I MET HER, SAW HER ISAID SHE'S GORGEOUS AND I FELL HERE IN TOWN THERE'S ONLY SHE WHO IS BEAUTIFUL AS ME SO I’M MAKING PLANS TO WOO AND MARRY BELLEBeauty AND THE Beast (He strides across the stage toward Belle, crossing in front of three twittering Silly Girls. They swoon as he passes.) SILLY GIRLS LOOK THERE HE GOES! ISN'T HE DREAMY? MONSIEUR GASTON! OH, HE'S SO CUTE! BE STILL MY HEART! YM HARDLY BREATHING! HE'S SUCH A’TALL, DARK, STRONG AND HANDSOME BRUTE! (The stage comes alive as Villagers crowd through the marketplace.) LADY with BABIES BONJOUR! GASTON PARDON. BELLE Goon pay. LADY with CANE MAIS OUI! ARISTOCRATIC LADY YOU CALL THIS BACON? MILK MAID. WHAT LOVELY GRAPES! BAKER SOME CHEESE... LADY with CANE «TEN YARDS! FISH MAN ..ONE POUND GASTON *SCUSE ME! MALE VILLAGER I'LL GET THE KNIFE.BH Beauty ano THE Beast GASTON PLEASE LET ME THROUGH! LADY with BABIES THIS BREAD... SAUSAGE CURL GIRL THOSE FISH... LADY with BABIES IT’S STALE! SAUSAGE CURL GIRLS THEY SMELL! ALL MALE FEMALE VILLAGERS VILLAGERS BELLE MADAME'S. WELL, ‘THERE MUST BE MISTAKEN, ‘MAYBE SO! MORE THAN THIS GOOD MORNING! GOOD MORNING! PROVINCIAL LIFE! GASTON JUST WATCH, OH, OH, YM GOING TO MAKE GOOD MORNING! GOOD MORNING! BELLE MY WIFE! ALL VILLAGERS LOOK THERE SHE GOES... A GIRL WHO'S STRANGE BUT SPECIAL A MOST PECULIAR MADEMOISELLE ALL FEMALE VILLAGERS IT'S APITY AND ASIN ALL MALE VILLAGERS ‘SHE DOESN'T QUITE FIT IN ALL VILLAGERS “CAUSE SHE REALLY IS A FUNNY GIRL A BEAUTY BUT A FUNNY GIRL SHE REALLY IS AFUNNY GIRL ‘HAT BELLE! (Feeling their eyes on her, Belle whirls around and the townsfolk quickly go back to their activities. The Villagers exit. Belle heads for home. Gaston and Lefou are close behind Belle, Gaston runs around in front of her...striking a nonchalant pose.)Beaury anp tHE Beast GASTON Hello... Belle. BELLE Bonjour, Gaston. (She keeps going, but he moves over to block her way.) Excuse me. (She goes around him. He snatches the book out of her hand.) Gaston. May Ihave my book, please? GASTON (ficking through it) How can you read this? There’s no pictures. BELLE ‘Well some people use their imagination! GASTON Belle, it's about time you got your head out of these books and paid attention to more important things. (He strikes a handsome pose.) LEFOU Hint...hint, BELLE Like you? GASTON Exactly! ‘The whole town’s talking about it. I's not right for a woman to read. Soon she starts getting ideas and...thinking! BELLE Gaston, you are positively primeval! GASTON Why, thank you, Belle. Whaddya say you and me take a walk over to the tavern and take a look my trophies? BELLE ‘What do you say...we don't? GASTON Come on Belle, I think I know how you feel about me. tra- 10 = Beauty AND THE BEAST BELLE You can't even imagine, (He grabs her again, She pulls his hands away.) Gaston, please! I have to get inside to help my father. (She turns around and heads for her cottage.) LEFOU ‘That crazy old fool. He needs all the help he can get! (Gaston and Lefou laugh heartily.) BELLE Don’t talk about my father that way! (Gaston THUNKS Lefou on the head.) GASTON Yeah! Don’t talk about her father that way! BELLE My father’s not crazy! He's a genius! (There's a cacophony of toots, bells and whistles as Belle's slightly aiidled genius inventor father, Maurice, brings his colorful invention onstage, He waves merrily.. ‘and BOOM! Part of the invention blovws up.) (BELLE) (Alarmed) Papal GASTON Some genius! LEFOU What's a genius? (Gaston THUNKS him again.) GASTON (He puts Lefou out of earshot of Belle and Maurice.) Now Lefou, I want you to go out into the woods and bring me back the biggest, healthiest deer you can find, LEFOU Not the woods! Anything but the woods! You know I hate the woods.Beauty awp THE BEAST = Fae GASTON Just get mea deer for my wedding feast! LEFOU But I hate the woods! It's dark and spooky, and there's bugs and spiders! (Gaston picks Lefou up and they exit.) BELLE Papa, are you alll right? MAURICE I'm fine, But can’t for the life of me figure out. why that happened! If that isn’t the stubbornest piece of... (He kicks it) ow! BELLE Papa... MAURICE ‘T’m about ready to give up on this hunk of junk! BELLE Oh, you always say that. MAURICE Imean it this time! I'll never get this bone-headed contraption to work! BELLE Yes, you will. And you'll win first prize at the Faire tomorrow. MAURICE (sulking) Hmmph! BELLE ‘And become a world famous inventor. MAURICE You really think so? BELLE You know I do. I always have. MAURICE Well, we'd better get cracking. This thing’s not going to fix itself. Now let me see, where did I put that dog-legged clencher? BELLE Papa.> aL Beauty AND THE Beast (Belle picks up a funny-looking part and holds it out to him helpfully. He takes it from Belle and uses it to work on the invention, turning twisting, tinkering.) MAURICE So...tell me, did you have a good time in town today? BELLE I got a new book. MAURICE You do love those books. BELLE Well, they take me away to wonderful places where there’s adventure and mystery and romance and...happy endings. (a beat) Papa...if I ask you something, will you answer me honestly? MAURICE Don't always? BELLE Do you think I'm...odd? MAURICE ‘My daughter! Odd? (He reappears with a silly looking work helmet with goggles) Now where would you get an idea like that? im BELLE I don’t kriow. It’s just that - well...people talk. MAURICE They talk about me too. NOI'M NOT ODD — NOR YOU NO FAMILY EVER SANER EXCEPT ONE UNCLE WHO — WELL, MAYBE LET THAT PASS IN ALL YOU SAY AND DO YOU COULDN'T MAKE IT PLAINER YOU ARE YOUR MOTHER'S DAUGHTER THEREFORE YOU ARE CLASS BELLE SOI SHOULD JUST ACCEPT YM SIMPLY NOT LIKE THEM?Beauty AND THE Beast - 13 MAURICE ‘THEY ARE THE COMMON HERD AND YOU CAN TAKE MY WORD YOU ARE UNIQUE: CREME DE LA CREME NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO I’M ON YOUR SIDE AND IF MY POINT OF VIEW Is SOMEWHAT MISTY-EYED ‘THERE'S NOTHING CLEARER IN MY LIFE ‘THAN WHAT I WISH AND FEEL FOR YOU AND THAT'S ALOT NO MATTER WHAT BELLE NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY YOU MAKE ME PROUD. ILOVE THE FUNNY WAY YOU STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD MAURICE IT’S MY INTENTION MY INVENTION SHOWS THE WORLD OUT THERE ONE DAY JUST WHAT WE'VE GOT BOTH NO MATTER WHAT MAURICE ‘NOW SOME MAY SAY ALL FATHERS JUST EXAGGERATE BELLE THAT EVERY DAUGHTER'S GREAT? MAURICE YOU ARE! BELLE AND EVERY DAUGHTER ‘TENDS TO SAY HER FATHER’S TOPS MAURICE SHE PULLS OUT ALL THE STOPS TO PRAISE HIM-14- Beaury ano THE Beast BOTH AND QUITE RIGHTLY! MAURICE NO MATTER WHAT THE PAIN WE'VE COME THIS FAR 1 PRAY THAT YOU REMAIN EXACTLY AS YOU ARE THIS REALLY IS A CASE OF FATHER KNOWING BEST BELLE AND DAUGHTER TOO MAURICE YOU'RE NEVER STRANGE BELLE DON'T EVER CHANGE BOTH YOU'RE ALLI'VE GOT NO MATTER WHAT MAURICE Now...what do you say we give her a try? BELLE Allright. MAURICE and back. Here we go, (He pulls a lever and the invention slowly chugs to life.) BELLE It works! MAURICE It does? It does! BELLE Papa, you did it! You really did itf You'll win First Prize at the Faire tomorrow, I know it! MAURICE Who knows, maybe I will at that!Beauty AND THE Beast 16 BELLE Oh, [almost forgot! (She puts a scarf around his neck) Imade you a scarf for good luck. MAURICE Now I know I'll win. And then, we'll get out of this town and travel to all those places you've read about in your books. Well, I'm off! BELLE Goodbye Papa. MAURICE Bye bye, Belle BELLE Be carefull! SCENE TWO: THE FOREST (As he sings, his mood begins to change from jaunty fo nervous.) MAURICE FIRST PRIZE IS NEARLY MINE 11'S QUITE MY BEST INVENTION SO SIMPLE, YET COMPLEX SO MASSIVE YET SO SMALL ‘THIS TRIUMPH OF DESIGN WILL BE MY OLD AGE PENSION (He looks around, concerned) ‘THAT IS PROVIDING I CAN FIND THE FAIRE AT ALL MUST HAVE MISSED A SIGN SHOULD HAVE PAID ATTENTION: Drat! (He looks back. We hear a howl.) THATS NOT A NIGHTINGALE AND NOT A MATING CALL (Another howl) MAURICE WOLVES! (Suddenly, wolves appear. They advance on him, growling and snarling.)- 16 = BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (MAURICE) Stay back...back! Help! Someone help me! Get back! Help! (Maurice drops the scarf and makes a run for it. The castle door is revealed. Maurice bangs on the door) Let me in! Let me in! (The door opens) SCENE THREE: THE CASTLE INTERIOR (The castle interior is revealed. Maurice steps inside, awed by size and scale of the place. It appears hollow, lifeless, and empty, like a deserted cathedral.) (MAURICE) Hello? (His voice echoes in the vastness.) Hello! (Maurice proceeds cautiously, looking around. As he does, the lights come up to reveal an ornate human- sized Candelabra and a mantle clock. The Candelabra, Monsieur Lumiere, is a charming, very French Maitre D’ who fancies himself a ladies man. Cogsworth, the mantle clock, is an officious manic English Major Domo. Someone wound him up way too tight and he's never wound down. Lumtiere and Cogsworth stand side-by-side, motionless, but whispering feverishly, as Maurice wanders past them. ) coGsworTH ‘Well, now you've done it! I told you not to let him in! LUMIERE ‘We could not leave him for the wolves! MAURICE Is anyone home? coGsworTH Iéwe keep quiet, maybe he'll go away. MAURICE Is someone here? COGSWORTH Not a word, Lumiere, not one word! MAURICE I don’t mean to intrude, but I've lost my way in the woods and I need a place to stay for the night. : LUMIERE Poor fellow. Oh, Cogsworth, have a heart, Monsieur, you are welcome here!Beaury AND THE BEAST wiz = (Lumiere flicks on one of his candle hands. It bursts into flame. Cogsworth quickly steps forward and blows the flame out.) MAURICE Theard that! I know there's someone here and I'll thank you to step out where I can see you! (Lumiere steps out.) LUMIERE Allo! MAURICE AH! (Startled, Maurice jumps back.) CoGsworTH And good-bye! (Cogsworth starts pushing him toward the door) MAURICE Wait...wait...wait! You're a clock! And you're talking! coGsworTH Astonishing, isn’t it? And quite inexplicable. Good-bye. (He continues pushing him toward the door.) LUMIERE Cogswortht I'm surpriséd at you. Where are your manners...? coGsworTH ‘We've got to get him out of here before the Master finds out! MAURICE ‘This is incredible! How is this accomplished? (He pokes and prods Cogsworth curiously.) coGsworTH Really sir...if you'd just. (Maurice pokes him in the eye.) Ow! Stop that! Hee-hee...stop it...stop it, I say! (Maurice opens Cogsworth’s pendulum door.) Really, sir...do you mind? (He slams the doors shut. Maurice stops his investigation and scratches his head.)18 = Beauty AND THE Beast MAURICE Well, I'm stumped. Maybe it’s some kind of new-fangled, scientific gadget. coGsworTH 1...sir...am not a gadget! MAURICE T beg your pardon. I don’t mean to be rude, It's just that I've never seen a ta...a tal...a talking... AAAACHOOO! COGSWORTH (arch) Bless you. LUMIERE You're a chilled to the bone, Monsieur. Come. Warm yourself by the fire, COGSWORTH No, I forbid it! (gnoring him, Lumiere takes Maurice's arm and leads him across the stage fo a large over- stuffed chair. Cogsworth rushes after therm.) Lumiere...as head of this household, I demand that you stop right there! (Maurice sinks into the overstuffed chair.) Obhhhh, not the Master’s chair! I'm not seeing this, I'm not seeing this! (Babette, the Featherduster enters.) BABETTE ‘ooh Ja la... what have we here? Do my eyes deceive me or is this a man? It’s been so long since I’ve seen a real man. (aside) No offense, Lumiere. Bonjour Monsieur. (She plops into Maurice's lap) Mind if I sit here? MAURICE (embarrassed) Oh! well! Hello! COGSWORTH All right! This has gone far enough! I'm in charge here and...! MRS. POTTS Coming through!Beaury AND THE Beast - 19 (Cogsworth turns around to find a teacart rolling right toward him pushed by Mrs. Potts. ‘Mrs, Potts pushes the teacart next to Maurice. She's a sweet, kind-hearted teapot. Her son, Chip, is a Teacup riding on the cart.) (MRS. POTTS) How would you like a nice spot of tea, sir? It will warm you up in no time. MAURICE Oh. yes please! COGSWORTH No! No tea! He'll be here all night...no tea! (Mrs. Potts pours into Chip. Cogsworth throws up his arms in dismay) MRS. POTTS There you are. MAURICE This is just what I need... AH! ‘ (Maurice moves to pick up the teacup and gasps.) cuir I think I scared him Mama. MAURICE Hey there, little fella! What's your name? CHIP Chip. MAURICE Figures. BABETTE Care for a blanket, monsieur? (She throws a blanket over his shoulder and giggles firtatiously.) Kjust love older men. LUMIERE Babette, you are always trying to make me jealous, Well, it's not going to work this, time. BABETTE Me! What about you? With Simone? LUMIERE Jacques?20 — Braury ano tue Beast BABETTE Michelle? LUMIERE Pierre? BABETTE Veronique? LUMIERE Veronique! COGSWORTH Lumiere! Listen to me! We've got to get him out of here! Do you have any idea what the Master will do if he finds out we let a stranger in.. LUMIERE ‘Calm yourself, Cogsworth. The Master will never have to know. ar (Suddenly, we hear a loud roar. Everyone gasps) (@ nervous laugh) As I was saying, he is bound to find out sooner or later, CHIP Should we hide, Mama? LUMIERE Z 'No...no...femain calm. There is absolutely no reason to panic. coGsworTH Lumiere's right. There's absolutely no reason to panic. (to Maurice) May I borrow this? (He takes Maurice's blanket and throws it over his own head.) BEAST ‘There's a stranger here! LUMIERE Master, allow me to explain, the gentleman was set upon by wolves... BEAST ‘Who let him in? (Everyone quakes in fear. Cogsworth peeks out from under him blanket.)BEAury AND THE BEAST - 21 COGSWORTH M...Master...May I take this opportunity to say, I was against it from the start! BEAST : Who dared to disobey me? MRS. POTTS ‘Oh dear! BEAST You have all betrayed me! (Beast enters, Maurice is frozen with fear in his chair.) Who are you? MAURICE M...Maurice. BEAST What are you doing in my castle? MAURICE I lost my way in the woods... BEAST You're not welcome here! MAURICE Tm sorry. ...1'll just be on my way. (He looks up and for the first time, he gets a good look at the Beasts face. I's a gruesome sight. Maurice gasps with horror.) BEAST I's hideous, isn’t it? MAURICE Ohno, I wasnt... BEAST You've come to stare at the Beast, haven't you? MAURICE No, No! I meant no harm! I was merely looking for a place to stay! BEAST Tl give you a place to stay (He raises his huge claw. Blackout.)- 22 - Braury AND tHE Beast SCENE FOUR: EXTERIOR OF BELLE’S COTTAGE (We hear the sounds of hysterical sobbing. The lights come up to reveal Gaston and the three Silly girls.) SILLY GIRL #1 It can’t be true! I don’t believe it. SILLY GIRL #2 Why would you go and do a thing like that? SILLY GIRL #3 I can't bear it! I simply can’t bear it! SILLY GIRL #1 Qh, Gaston, say it isn’t so! GASTON It’s so. SILLY GIRLS WAAAAAAHHHHHHH! GASTON Girls...I'm just getting married. Don’t tell me a little thing like that’s going to change your feelings for me? SILLY GIRL #1 Oh no! SILLY GIRL #2 No! SILLY GIRL #3 Never! GASTON And we'll still have our little... (mispronouncing it) «rendez-vous. Won't we? SILLY GIRL #1 Oh yest SILLY GIRL #2 ‘Yes! SILLY GIRL #3 Always!Beauty AWD THE Beast - 23 - GASTON Good. (rubbing his hands together) Well...if we're going to have a wedding, I guess I'd better propose to the bride! (He laughs...a big hearty booming laugh. The girls burst into a new round of tears.) SILLY GIRLS WAAAAAAAAHHHH! GASTON Run along now. (They go off, still sobbing.) Belle! Oh, Belle...anyone home? (She comes around the comer of the house carrying a flowerpot. She spots Gaston, makes a ‘face and ducks back.) Helllloooooo! (There's no getting out of it. Belle reappears with a fake smile on her face.) BELLE Gaston? What a...pleasant surprise. GASTON Isn't it though? I'm just full of surprises, For you... Mademoiselle. BELLE A miniature portrait.. (ooking closer) of you. You shouldn't have. GASTON Don’t mention it. You know, Belle, there isn’t a girl in town who wouldn't love to be in your shoes. This is the day your dreams come true! BELLE What could you possibly know about my dreams, Gaston? GASTON Plenty!- 2a = Beaury AnD THE Beast GASTON ‘YOU'VE BEEN DREAMING JUST ONE DREAM NEARLY ALL YOUR LIFE. HOPING, SCHEMING JUST ONE THEME WILL YOU BE A WIFE? WILL YOU BE SOME HE-MAN’S PROPERTY? GOOD NEWS! THAT HE-MAN‘S ME! THIS EQUATION GIRL PLUS MAN DOESN'T HELP JUST YOU. ON OCCASION WOMEN CAN HAVE THEIR USES TOO. MAINLY TO EXTEND THE FAMILY TREE PUMPKIN, EXTEND WITH ME! WE'LL BE RAISING SONS GALORE BELLE INCONCEIVABLE! GASTON EACH BUILT SIX-FOOT-FOUR BELLE UNBELIEVEABLE! GASTON | EACH ONE STUFFED WITH EVERY GASTON GENE! BELLE YM NOT HEARING THIS! GASTON YOU'LL BE KEEPING HOUSE WITH PRIDE BELLE JUST INCREDIBLE GASTON EACH DAY GRATIFIED.Beauty anp THE BEAST ~ 25 - BELLE ‘SO UNWEDDABLE! GASTON ‘THAT YOU ARE PART OF THIS IDYLLIC SCENE GASTON Picture this. A rustic hunting lodge. My latest kill roasting on the fire, My little wife, massaging my feet, while the little ones play on the floor with the dogs. We'll have six or seven. BELLE Dogs? GASTON No, Belle! Strapping boys, like me! BELLE Imagine that! GASTON 1 CAN SEE THAT WE WILL SHARE ALL THAT LOVE IMPLIES WE SHALL BE THE PERFECT PAIR RATHER LIKE MY THIGHS YOU ARE FACE TO FACE WITH DESTINY! ALL ROADS LEAD TO ‘THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE ‘ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WITH ME! ESCAPE ME, THERE'S NO WAY CERTAIN AS “DO RE” BELLE WHEN YOU MARRY... So Belle, what'll it be? Is it ‘yes’ or is it ‘oh, yes’? BELLE just don’t deserve you. GASTON Who does? MEI BELLE But thanks for asking! (And she ducks into'the house, The Silly Girls return.)= 26 - Beauty AND THE BEAST SILLY GIRL #1 So...how'd it go? GASTON You know that Belle...always playing hard-to-get. SILLY GIRLS SHE TURNED YOU DOWN? GASTON For now. But I'll have Belle for my wife. Make no mistake about that! SILLY GIRL #1 Well, gee...if she turned him down, then maybe I still have a chance. SILLY GIRLS Get out of my way! OW! Stop it! Let go! Oh no, you don’t! He’s mine! (After they've gone, Belle cautiously peers out of the cottage door.) ra] 5 7 rise BELLE Is he gone? Can you imagine...he asked me to marry him! Me, the wife of that boorish, brainless... MADAME GASTON! CAN'T YOU JUST SEE IT? MADAME GASTON! HIS LITTLE WIFE, NO SIR! NOT ME! 1 GUARANTEE IT! 1 WANT MUCH MORE THAN THIS PROVINCIAL LIFE 1 WANT ADVENTURE IN THE GREAT WIDE SOMEWHERE! 1 WANT IT MORE THAN I CAN TELL! AND FOR ONCE IT MIGHT BE GRAND ‘TO HAVE SOMEONE UNDERSTAND I WANT SO MUCH MORE THAN THEY'VE GOT PLANNED... (Belle’s song is interrupted by Lefou who hurries in looking for Gaston. He has Maurice's scarf.) LEFOU Hey, Belle! Have you seen Gaston? BELLE You just missed him, Wait a minute, where did you get that scarf? LEFOU This? In the woods. Pretty nice, huh? BellBeauty AND THE BEAsT - 27 - BELLE ‘This belongs to my father! LEFOU Yeah, well, finders-keepers BELLE Lefou. I want you to think hard and tell me exactly where you found that. LEFOU No! BELLE Think! LEFOU Somewhere in the woods. BELLE Harder! LEFOU Near the crossroads, okay? Ow! BELLE ‘Then he's still out there somewhere! Lefou, you have to take me back! LEFOU Not the woods again! BELLE Don’t you see? Something must have happened. You have to take me back! LEFOU Not on your life! (He goes off) BELLE Then, I'l find him myself! (She runs off) SCENE FIVE: INTERIOR OF CASTLE (Cogsworth and Lumiere enter in mid-argument) COGSWORTH Couldn't keep quiet, could we? Just had to invite him to stay, didn’t we? Serve him tea., sit in the Master’s chair.= 36 = Beauty ano THE BEAST LUMIERE Iwas trying to be hospitable! COGSWORTH Rubbish! LUMIERE Ah, Cogsworth, can you blame me for trying to maintain what's left of our humanity? Look at us. Look at you! COGSWORTH What about me? LUMIERE You always were insufferable. But every day, you become just a little more inflexible... little more tightly wound...a little more ticked off! COGSWORTH Please, spare me the stupid puns. LUMIERE At least, we are not as far gone as some the others, You saw what happened to Michelle. COGSWORTH She always was too vain about her looks. And that’s exactly what she’s become, LUMIERE vanity. COGSWORTH Little drawers, mirror...the works. LUMIERE ‘And poor Jean-Claude. COGSWORTH Who? LUMIERE Jean-Claude. You remember him, not too bright, dumb as... COGSWORTH (guessing) sa brick? LUMIERE The whole wall.BeAury AND THE Beast = 29 - COGSWORTH Jean-Claude’s a brick wall? LUMIERE (He nods) ‘That's him in the kitchen, behind the stove. CcoGswoRTH Tok...tsk. LUMIERE And you know Guillaume...the houseboy? COGSWORTH ‘That mealy-mouthed little bootlicker! I've never liked him. He's always groveling at the Master's feet. LUMIERE He's a doormat. COGSWORTH Perfect. LUMIERE It’s happening faster with some of the others, but we are not far behind. Slowly but surely, as every day passes, we wil all gradually become. things. COGSWORTH But why did we have to get dragged into this whole spell business? It's not like we threw that poor old beggar women out on her ear. LUMIERE No, but are we not responsible too? For helping to make him the way he is? coGsworTH I suppose 50. LUMIERE AIL know is... Iwill eventually melt away to nothing. | only hope there's something left of me if the Master ever breaks the spell. (Cogsworth pats hin on the back in a brief moment of friendship.) CoGsworRTH Hold on, old man, We've got to hold on. Belle comes wandering through.) BELLE Hello? Is anyone here? Hello?= 30 - Braury any THE Beast LUMIERE Wsa girl! COGSWORTH Yes, of course, I can see it's a girl! LUMIERE/COGSWORTH It's a girl!!! (They bolt to follow her. Lumiere wins, Cogsworth is right behind him) LUMIERE (calling) Mademoiselle! coGsworTH Now Lumiere, let me do all the talking, LUMIERE Agnoring him) Yoohooo... COGSWORTH As head of the household, I should do most of the talking! LUMIERE (Calling) Cherie COGSWORTH Aword. Just a word! (as he goes of) ‘That's all I'm asking for! (They exit as Mrs. Potts enters with Chip) CHIP ‘Mama, you're not gonna believe what I saw...not in a million thousand years... not in a trillion million thousand years! MRS. POTTS Yes, dear. CHIP No, really...this is the greatest thing. it's the thing that everybody’ been waiting for since...since...since...1 don’t know when!Beauty anp THE Beast -31- MRS. POTTS Alright Chip, what is it? CHIP There's a girl in the castle! MRS. POTTS Bless my soul, wouldn't that be lovely? CHIP But there is! I saw her! MRS. POTTS Now Chip, I'll not have you making up wild stories. Getting everyone's hopes up for ‘no reason. (Babette rushes in) BABETTE Mrs. Potts, did you hear? There is a girl in the castle! CHIP See? I told ya! And she's real pretty too! BABETTE Well, I don't know about that. (Babette and Mrs. Potts exit as Lumiere and Cogsworth reenter) LUMIERE This is the one! The girl we have been waiting for. She has come to break the spell! ‘COGSWORTH Wait a minute...wait a minute...let’s not be hasty! LUMIERE Isn’tit wonderful? After all these years! Oh happy, happy day! (He grabs Cogsworth and kisses him on both cheeks, Cogsworth pushes him away with disgust) COGSWORTH Stop it! Stop that! LUMIERE We should tell the others, no? (Lumiere iurries off) COoGsSWwoRTH Yes, I mean no! I mean.,.wait a minute! Wait a minute! (He hurries off after Lumiere. Belle comes back through.)- 32 - Braury AND THE Beast BELLE Hello? Is anyone here? Please, I'm looking for my father. (The lights come up on Maurice, behind bars in a cell.) MAURICE Belle? Is that you? BELLE Papal (Belle rushes to Maurice. She clings to him through the bars.) MAURICE How did you find me? (He coughs from the chill.) BELLE Your hands are like ice! We have to get you out of here! MAURICE Belle, you must leave this place. BELLE Who's done this to you? (The Beast appears, a shadowy form.) MAURICE ‘There's no time to explain. You must go...now! BELLE Twor't leave you here! (She feels his presence and whirls around.) Who's there? (She can hear him panting....animal-like.) I know someone's there. Who are you? BEAST The master of this castle. BELLE Then, you're the one who's responsible for this! Release my father at once!BeaAury AND THE BEAST = 33 - BEAST (He growls) lam the master of the castle! I do not take orders from anyone. Throw her out! (The caryatid stands up, grabs Belle) BELLE No! Wait! Forgive me, Please, let him out. Can't you see he’s not well? BEAST Then he should not have trespassed here. BELLE But he’s an old man. He could die! BEAST He came into my home uninvited and now he'll suffer the consequences. BELLE MAURICE Bellet BEAST ‘There's nothing you can do! BELLE Wait please! BEAST Isaid there is nothing you can do! BELLE ‘Take me instead! MAURICE No! BEAST ‘What did you say? BELLE ‘Take me instead, MAURICE Belle, you don’t know what you're doing, BEAST ‘You would do that? You would take his place?- 34 - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST BELLE If 1 did, would you let him go? BEAST Yes, But you must promise fo stay here...forever. MAURICE No! BELLE Forever? BEAST Forever! Or he dies in the dungeon! BELLE That's not fair... Wait! Come into the light, BEAST Make your choice! MAURICE Belle, listen to me. I’m old...'ve lived my life. BELLE You have my word. BEAST Done. BELLE Papal (Beast roar) MAURICE ‘No, no, I'm begging you! Please spare my daughter! (The Beast drags Maurice out of the cell.) BEAST Take him to the crossroads. BELLE WAIT! No, not yet! MAURICE Let her go! Let her go! Belle! Belle! BELLE Papa! (Maurice is dragged away)BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - 35 - LUMIERE (whispering) Master... (The Beast roars angrily. Lumiere slinks away. There's a beat...and Lumiere comes back.) Master, please! (treading on eggshells) Since the git] is going to be with us for quite some time...you might want to offer her a more comfortable room. BELLE You didn’t let me say good-bye! BEAST What? BELLE I'll never see him again...and I didn’t even get to say good-bye. (The Beast studies her for a moment, confused by this outpouring of emotion.) BEAST ru show you to your room. (He turns to go, but she doesn't follow.) BELLE ‘My room? But I thought... (He turns back, confused, irritated.) BEAST Do you want to stay in that dungeon? BELLE No. BEAST ‘Then follow — (HE reaches for her. SHE recoils from his hand in fear. HE stops, then...) You follow me! (During the following, the Beast leads Belle through the dark, dreary castle, The Beast explains the rules of the castle in a gruff tone.) This is your home now. You're free to go anywhere you like...except the West Wing. BELLE Why, what's in the West...”36 — Beauty AND THE BEAsT BEAST IT'S FORBIDDEN! You are never to set foot there...do you understand? (She doesn't answer fast enough to suit him.) DO YOU UNDERSTAND! BELLE Yes! (He moves on. Belle watches him,) BEAST This is your room. I hope you'll be comfortable here. If you need anything, my servants will attend you. (He motions impatiently for her to go in. Belle steps inside. ) ‘And, one more thing. You will join me for dinner. (Belle turns away.) That is not a request! (The Beast turns and exits) (The lights come up in the Interior of Belle's room. As she looks around at the strange, unfa- miliar surroundings, she can no longer hold back the dark despair that threatens to over- whelm her. She SINGS:) BELLE YES, I MADE THE CHOICE FOR PAPA — I WILL STAY BUT I DON'T DESERVE TO LOSE MY FREEDOM IN THIS WAY YOU MONSTER! IF YOU THINK THAT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS RIGHT, WELL THEN, YOU'RE A FOOL THINK AGAIN IS THIS HOME? 1S THIS WHERE I SHOULD LEARN TO BE HAPPY? NEVER DREAMED THAT A HOME COULD BE DARK AND COLD TWAS TOLD EVERY DAY IN MY CHILDHOOD EVEN WHEN WE GROW OLD HOME SHOULD BE WHERE THE HEART IS NEVER WERE WORDS SO TRUEBeauty anp THE BEAST - 37 - (BELLE) MY HEART'S FAR, FAR AWAY HOME IS TOO WHAT I'D GIVE TO RETURN ‘TO THE LIFE THAT I KNEW LATELY AND TO THINK I COMPLAINED OF THAT DULL PROVINCIAL TOWN IS THIS HOME? AM HERE FOR A DAY OR FOREVER? SHUT AWAY FROM THE WORLD UNTIL WHO KNOWS WHEN OH BUT THEN AS MY LIFE HAS BEEN ALTERED ONCE IT CAN CHANGE AGAIN BUILD HIGHER WALLS AROUND ME. (CHANGE EVERY LOCK AND KEY NOTHING LASTS NOTHING HOLDS ALL OF ME MY HEART'S FAR FAR AWAY HOME AND FREE (The song ends...and there's a brisk knock at the door.) BELLE Who is it? MRS. POTTS Mrs: Potts, dear. I thought you might like some tea. BELLE Come in. (Mrs. Potts toddles in) MRS. POTTS Nothing like a nice warm cup of tea to make the world seem a bit brighter. BELLE But...you're...you're.. MRS. POTTS (firmly) Mrs. Potts, dear. Very pleased to make your acquaintance. (Belle is s0 stunned she backs up into a wardrobe behind her)- 38 - Beaury awp THE Beast WARDROBE Careful, darling! (Belle turns around to see MADAME DE LA GRAND BOUCHE, a grand, larger-than-life wardrobe. Belle gasps.) BELLE Wh...who are you? WARDROBE Madame de la Grand Bouche. Perhaps you've heard of me? BELLE Sorry. WARDROBE You see! They've forgotten all about me. One can be and I quote, “The toast of Europe. The brightest star ever to grace the stage,” but fall under one little spell — MRS. POTTS Sssssh! BELLE ‘Wait. This is impossible! WARDROBE I know it is...but here we are! Well now, what shall we dress you in for dinner? (She lifts up Belle’s sleeve) This is nice. But how would you like to borrow one of my gowns? Let's see what I've got in my drawers... (She opens her drawers and pulls out bloomers. She reaches in again and takes out a gown.) Ah, here we are. [wore this the night I performed at the Royal Opera. The King himself was there! Of course, I wouldn’t have a prayer of fitting into it now. Take BELLE That's very kind of you. But Im not going to dinner. WARDROBE Don't be silly. Of course, you are. You heard what the Master said. BELLE (adamant) He may be your master... but he’s not mine! (a beat) I'm sorry. This is just happening so fast. (Mrs, Potts and Wardrobe look at one another, feeling badly for her. They approach... gently.)Beauty ano THE Beast - 39 - MRS. POTTS ‘That was a very brave thing you did, my deat. WARDROBE We all think so. BELLE I'm going to miss my papa so much! MRS. POTTS Cheer up, child. I know things may seem bleak right now, but you mustn’t despair. We're here to see you through. 1 HOPE THAT WE'LL BE FRIENDS ‘THOUGH I DON'T KNOW YOU WELL. IF ANYONE CAN MAKE THE MOST OF LIVING HERE ‘THEN BELLE, IT's You AND WHO KNOWS YOU MAY FIND HOME HERE TOO SCENE SIX: THE TAVERN (Gaston, sullen and morose, enters. Gaston's cronies and his female admirers look on as Lefou approaches.) GASTON Who does she think she is? That girl has tangled with the wrong man! LEFOU Darn right! GASTON ‘No-one says no to Gaston! Dismissed! Rejected! Publicly humiliated! It’s more than 1 can bear, LEFOU More beer? GASTON What for? Nothing helps. I'm disgraced. LEFOU Who, you? Never! Gaston, you've got to pull yourself together.40 - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST LEFOU GOSH IT DISTURBS ME TO SEE YOU, GASTON LOOKING SO DOWN IN THE DUMPS EVERY GUY HERE'D LOVE TO BE YOU, GASTON, EVEN WHEN TAKING YOUR LUMPS ‘THERE'S NO MAN IN TOWN AS ADMIRED AS YOU ~ YOU'RE EVERYONE'S FA-VORITE GUY EVERYONE'S AWED AND INSPIRED BY YOU AND IT’S NOT VERY HARD TO SEE WHY NO-ONE'S SLICK AS GASTON NO-ONE'S QUICK AS GASTON NO-ONE'S NECK’S AS INCREDIBLY THICK AS GASTON! FOR THERE'S NO MAN IN TOWN HALF AS MANLY PERFECT! A PURE PARAGON! YOU CAN ASK ANY TOM, DICK, OR STANLEY. AND THEY'LL TELL YOU WHOSE TEAM ‘THEY'D PREFER TO BE ON! (Lefou is joined by Gaston's cronies. The group begins to sing and sway in an effort to cheer up their idol, Gaston. And, gradually, it starts to work.) CRONIES NO ONE'S BEEN LIKE GASTON, AKINGPIN LIKE GASTON LEFOU NO-ONE'S GOT A SWELL CLEFT IN HIS CHIN LIKE GASTON! GASTON ‘AS A SPECIMEN, YES I'M INTIMIDATING! ALL MY, WHAT A GUY, THAT GASTON! GIVE FIVE HURRAHS! GIVE TWELVE HIP-HIPS! LEFOU GASTON IS THE BEST AND THE REST IS ALL DRIPS! ALL NO ONE FIGHTS LIKE GASTON, DOUSES LIGHTS LIKE GASTON LEFOU IN A WRESTLING MATCH, NOBODY BITES LIKE GASTONBeaury anv tHE Brast - 41 SILLY GIRLS FOR THERE'S NO-ONE AS BURLY AND BRAWNY. GASTON AS YOU SEE, I'VE GOT BICEPS TO SPARE LEFOU NOT A BIT OF HIM'S SCRAGGLY OR SCRAWNY GASTON THAT'S RIGHT! AND EVERY LAST INCH OF ME'S COVERED WITH HAIR! CRONIES NO ONE HITS LIKE GASTON OTHER CRONIES MATCHES WITS LIKE GASTON LEFOU INA SPITTING MATCH NOBODY SPITS LIKE GASTON GASTON I'M ESPECIALLY GOOD AT EXPECTORATING! PTOOEY! ALL TEN POINTS FOR GASTON! GASTON WHEN I WAS A LAD I ATE FOUR DOZEN EGGS EVERY MORNING TO HELP ME GET LARGE AND NOW THAT I'M GROWN, TEAT FIVE DOZEN EGGS SQ I'M ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF A BARGE ALL (Gaston poses) 00H, AHHH, wow! ALL MY WHAT A GUY THAT GASTON (Dance Break)42 - Beaury ano rie Beast ALL NO ONE SHOOTS LIKE GASTON MAKES THOSE BEAUTS LIKE GASTON LEFOU ‘THEN GOES TROMPING AROUND. WEARING BOOTS LIKE GASTON GASTON TUSE ANTLERS IN ALL OF MY DECORATING! ALL MY WHAT A GUY! LEFOU What a guy! ALL GASTON! GASTON Drinks on Lefou! (Maiirice enters, panicked) MAURICE Help! Help! Someone help me! GASTON Maurice? (Maurice runs from person to person, frantically begging for help, but not making much sense.) MAURICE Please, I need your help! He's got her! He's got her locked in a dungeon... CRONY Who? MAURICE Belle...we must go at once...not a minute to lose! GASTON Whoa. Slow down, Maurice. Who's got Belle locked in a dungeon? MAURICE A Beast! A horrible monstrous beast!Beauty anp THE Beast = 43 - (There's a beat as Gaston and the villagers stare at him with disbelief. Then, everyone bursts into laughter, particularly Gaston. One of Gaston's cronies leans over Maurice.) GASTON Is ita big beast? MAURICE Huge! CRONY With spooky yellow eyes? MAURICE Yes! Yes! CRONY ...with a long ugly snout? MAURICE Hideously ugly! LEFOU d sharp cruel fangs? MAURICE ‘Yes! Yes! Will you help me? Will you help me? GASTON Al right, old man, We'll help you out (Fle looks at his cronies and jerks his thumb toward the door.) MAURICE (relieved) Oh, thank you...thank you... (The cronies lift Maurice up by his arms, carry kim off) All right then, Ill go back there and get her out myself! CRONY 1 Crazy ol’ Maurice. CRONY 2 He's always good for a laugh. (The cronies exit leaving Gaston and Lefou musing.) GASTON Crazy ol’ Maurice...mmmmmm_ (The iden dawns.) Crazy ol’ Maurice!~ 44a = BEAUTY AND THE Beast GASTON LEFOU I'M AFRAID I'VE BEEN THINKING LEFOU ‘A DANGEROUS PASTIME GASTON KNOW. BUT THAT WHACKY OLD COOT IS BELLE’S FATHER AND HIS SANITY’S ONLY SO-SO. NOW THE WHEELS IN MY HEAD HAVE BEEN TURNING SINCE I LOOKED AT THAT LOONY OLD MAN SEE, I PROMISED MYSELF I'D BE MARRIED TO BELLE AND RIGHT NOW I'M EVOLVING A PLAN! Il... (whispers) LEFOU Yes? GASTON Then we... (oohispers) LEFOU No! Would she?... (whispers) GASTON Guess! LEFOU Now I get it! BOTH Let's go! (Gaston gets up and dances with Lefou.) BOTH NO ONE PLOTS LIKE GASTONBeauty AND THE Beast - 45 - GASTON ‘TAKES CHEAP SHOTS LIKE GASTON LEFOU PLANS TO PERSECUTE HARMLESS CRACKPOTS LIKE GASTON GASTON YES I'M ENDLESSLY, WILDLY RESOURCEFUL, LEFOU AS DOWN TO THE DEPTHS YOU DESCEND. GASTON 1 WON'T EVEN BE MILDLY REMORSEFUL LEFOU JUST AS LONG AS YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT IN THE END! GASTON WHO HAS BRAINS LIKE GASTON? LEFOU ENTERTAINS LIKE GASTON? LEFOU/GASTON WHO CAN MAKE UP THESE ENDLESS REFRAINS LIKE GASTON? ‘SO HIS MARRIAGE WE SOON WILL BE CELEBRATING! MY WHAT A GUY! GASTON! (Gaston and Lefou exit.) (The lights come up on the castle) SCENE SEVEN: FIREPLACE (As Cogsworth enters, we see that he viow has a gigantic winding handle attached to his bback which he is entirely unaware of. Mrs. Potts and Lumiere enter hurriedly.) MRS. POTTS ‘Well, what is it? COGswoRTH Is dinner ready, Mrs. Potts? MRS. POTTS Just about. I haven't the foggiest idea what she likes to eat, so I've cooked up every- thing in the kitchen. cCoGsworTH Good...good.- 46 - Beaury AND THE Beast (He turns around...and both Mrs. Potts and Lumiere notice the handle. They gasp.) COGSWORTH Yes, well? Don't just stand there gaping, get back to work! LUMIERE ‘You tell him. MRS. POTTS can't. cocsworTH ‘Tell me what? LUMIERE Now don’t get upset, but you've got...something on your back. COoGsworTH ‘What on earth are you talking about? (Lumiere takes him and puts him in front of the mirror. Cogsworth gasps with horror.) AHI (looking closer) ‘What is that? LUMIERE Itappears to be a winding handle, of sorts. COGSWORTH Well, get it off me! LUMIERE (trying to pull it off) ‘It won't come off. COGSWORTH What do you mean it won't come off? It wasn’t there last night when I went to bed. Where did it come from? Why is this happening to me? MRS, POTTS It’s the spell, I'm afraid. LUMIERE Just try to relax... COGSWORTH Relax! Relax! How can I relax with this appendage on my back? Is there no dignity left for me? And what's going to go next...my mind?Beauty AND THE Beast sae LUMIERE Calm down. It will be all right. COGSWORTH I'm frightened, Lumiere. LUMIERE I know, my friend. But you are not alone. MRS. POTTS We're all in this together. (Beast enters.) BEAST It's time for dinner. Where is she? COGSWORTH Perhaps I should see about her. Won't be a minute. BEAST I told her to come down! What's taking so long? MRS. POTTS ‘Try to be patient, sir. The girl has lost her father and her freedom alll in one day. LUMIERE Master..,have you thought that perhaps this girl could be the one to break the spell? BEAST Of course, Ihave! (grumbling) I'm not a fool. LUMIERE Good! So...you fall in love with her, she falls in love with you and poof! The spell is broken! We'll be human again by midnight! MRS. POTTS Lumiere, it’s not that easy. These things take time. LUMIERE But we don’t have time! The Rose has already begun to wilt! BEAST It’s no use, She's so beautiful and I'm...Well, look at met LUMIERE (sotto to Mrs. Potts) He has a point.- 48 = Beauty AND THE Beast MRS. POTTS Shhht (to the Beast) Master, you must help her to see past all that. BEAST I don’t know how! MRS. POTTS Well, you could start by trying to make yourself more presentable. (she pulls him upright) ‘Straighten up! Try to act like a gentleman. LUMIERE Impress her with your rapier wit, MRS. POTTS But be gentle. LUMIERE Shower her with compliments. MRS. POTTS But be sincere, LUMIERE/MRS. POTTS And above all... BEAST What??? LUMIERE/MRS. POTTS ‘You must control your temper! (Cogsworth re-enters.) BEAST Well? COGSWORTH What? BEAST Where is she? COGSWORTH (feigning ignorance) Who? Oh, yes, the girl...well, actually she's in the process of...circumstances being what they are...Beaury AND THE Beast = 49 - (The Beast growls impatiently.) COGSWORTH (a timid squeak) She's not coming. (a squeak) She's not coming. BEAST What did you say? COGsWoRTH (even squeakier) She's not coming. BEAST ‘We'll see about that! (The Beast storms to Belle's room, Lumiere, Mrs. Potts and Cogsworth hurry along beliind.) COGSWORTH ‘Your Lordship! Your grace! Your Eminence! Let’s not be hasty! BEAST Stay where you are! Lumiere, stand aside. (Tie Benst barges in to Belle's room) I thought I told you to come down to dinner! BELLE (yelling back) Ym not hungry! BEAST Tam the master of this castle and I'm telling you to come to dinner. BELLE And I'm telling you....’m not hungry! BEAST You're hungry if I say you're hungry. BELLE Don’t be ridiculous! BEAST What did you say?- 50 - Beauty awp tHE Beast BELLE You can’t go around ordering people to be hungry. It doesn't work like that BEAST Tean... BELLE Besides, it’s rude. BEAST (sarcastically) ‘Oh? Rude is it? Then how about this, if you don’t come down to dinner, I will drag, you by the hair... LUMIERE Master that may not be the best way to win the gitl’s affections. COGSWORTH Please...attempt to be a gentleman, BEAST But why is she being so difficult? (He crosses to Belle) Why are you being so difficult? BELLE Why are you being such a bully? BEAST Because I want you to come down to dinner! BELLE So...you admit you're being a bully. MRS, POTTS Deep breaths, Master...deep breaths. BEAST Vl give her one last chance. Would you be so kind as to join me for dinner? COGSWORTH (under his breath) Aahaahaaaa...P...P... BEAST Gritting his teeth) Please.Beauty awp THE Beast 51 BELLE No, thank you. BEAST Fine! Then starve! (HE begins to storm out the room) LUMIERE Master, please! BEAST If she doesn’t eat with me...she doesn’t eat at all! (He roars and storms off angrily.) LUMIERE What were we thinking? We will never be human again. COGSWORTH So, it appears. (There's a long moment as they sink into despair) MRS. POTTS Well, what would you two have us do? Give up? I can’t give up until hear the sound of my boy’s laughter as he runs through these halls again! COGSWORTH Quite right Mrs, Potts! We mustn't give up while there's still a chance, Lumiere, stand watch at the door and if there‘s the slightest change, inform me at once. (Lumiere, with a mock salute.) LUMIERE Out, mon Capitan. (Cogsworth and Mrs. Potts exit.) (The lights dim in Belle’s room and come up on the Beast's lair.) BEAST Task nicely but she refuses! What...what does she want me to do...beg? (He picks up the Mirror.) Show me the girl! (The Magic Mirror glows. The lights come up on Belle's room.)- 92 = Braury ano THE Beast WARDROBE I know the Master can be temperamental, but underneath all that matted fur, he’s not such a bad fellow. Why don’t you give him a chance? BELLE Why should I? Did he give my father a chance? WARDROBE Well, no. But once you get to know him... BELLE I don’t want to get to know him! I don't want to have anything to do with him! ((The Beast is stung by her words, The lights fade in Belle’s room) BEAST T'm just fooling myself. She'll never see me as anything...but a monster, HOW LONG MUST THIS GO ON? ‘THIS CRUEL TRICK OF FATE ISIMPLY MADE ONE CARELESS WRONG DECISION AND THEN THAT WITCH WAS GONE, AND LEFT ME IN THIS STATE, AN OBJECT OF REVULSION AND DERISION HATED IS THERE NO ONE? WHO CAN SHOW ME HOW TO WIN THE WORLD'S FORGIVENESS? (He looks to the Rose. One more petal falls. He groans.) No! What did they say? Shower her with compliments. .impress her with your wit... Act like a gentleman. Act like a gentleman! Act like a gentle man! (He exits, The lights come up on Lumiere’s asleep at his post... snoring loudly. Babette ‘approaches. She reaches out to Lumiere and we see that her hands are now feathers. ) BABETTE Lumiere...oh Lumiere...! LUMIERE Ah, Babette. Come to me, my little fluff. (He takes her hand and kisses it, but gets a mouth full of feathers.) Agh - agh - ahchoo!Beauty AnD THE Beast oss > BABETTE It’s my hands, isn’t it? You do not love me anymore! (sobbing) Oh, this horrible horrible spell. (sneezes) LUMIERE Ah, cherie... you cut me to the wick! Do you think a little thing like that would change my feeling for you? Now you really... ascivious) -ntickle my fancy! (She giggles arid pushes him aay.) BABETTE Ohno. LUMIERE Ohyes. BABETTE Ohno. LUMIERE Oh yes. BABETTE Ohne...no...no! I've been burnt by you before! (She runs out with Lumiere right behind. After they've gone, the lights come up on Belle's room.) BELLE (sheepish) Actually Madame, I am a little hungry. WARDROBE I'll ring for Mrs. Potts and sing you an aria while we wait. BELLE That's all right. 11 go myself. WARDROBE But what about the Master? He's really not going to like this! BELLE (she smiles) Tknow.- 54 - BeAuTy AND THE BEAST (Belle goes out.) WARDROBE Oh dear...oh dear. (The lights come up on another area, Mrs. Potts and Cogsworth enter) MRS, POTTS I like this girl. I like her spunk. COGSWORTH Well, if you ask me, she was just being stubborn. After all, he did say ‘please.’ MRS. POTTS I think that may be the first time I’ve ever heard him use that word. COGSWORTH I believe you're right. MRS. POTTS You see! She's already starting to have a good influence on him. (Belle approaches.) ‘Oh there you are dearie. Glad to see you out and about. coGsworTH Iam Cogsworth, head of the household. (Lumiere comes running in.) LUMIERE Cogsworth! The girl! She's gone! I swear my eyes never left the... Enchantee, mademoiselle. (He kisses her hand.) COGSWORTH This is Lumiere... Stop it! Stop that! (to Belle) If there is anything we can do to make your stay more comfortable. Anything...anything at all! BELLE Lam a little hungry. COGSWORTH Except that. MRS. POTTS Cogsworth!BEAury AnD THE BEAST - 55 - COGSWORTH Well, you heard what the Master said! MRS. POTTS Oh pish tosh! I'm not about to let the poor child go hungry! coGsworTH Fine, Glass of water, crust of bread and then... LUMIERE Cogsworth! I am surprised at you. She’s not a prisoner, she’s our guest! We must make her feel welcome here! COGSWORTH All right, dinner. But keep it down! If the Master finds out it'll be our necks! LUMIERE Of course...of course! But what is dinner without a little music? COGSWORTH MUSIC? (A drum roll) LUMIERE (into song) Ma chere, Mademoiselle it is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight. And now we invite you to relax, let us pull up a chair, as the Dining Room proudly presents... your dinner! (The number proceeds in the style of an elaborate Cabaret show. Lumiere serves as Master of Ceremonies) BE OUR GUEST! BE OUR GUEST! PUT OUR SERVICE TO THE TEST TIE A NAPKIN ‘ROUND YOUR NECK, CHERIE AND WE'LL PROVIDE THE REST SOUP DU JOUR! HOT HORS D’OBUVRE! WHY, WE ONLY LIVE TO SERVE TRY THE GREY STUFF- CHIP 11'S DELICIOUS!- 56 - Beaury ano rie Beast LUMIERE DON’T BELIEVE ME? ASK THE DISHES! THEY CAN SING, THEY CAN DANCE! AFTER ALL MISS, THIS IS FRANCE! AND A DINNER HERE IS NEVER SECOND BEST GO ON, UNFOLD YOUR MENU TAKE A GLANCE, AND THEN YOU'LL BE OUR GUEST ‘OUI, OUR GUEST! BE OUR GUEST! FLATWARE BEEF RAGOUT! CHEESE SOUFFLE! PIE AND PUDDING EN FLAMBE! LUMIERE WE'LL PREPARE AND SERVE WITH FLAIR A CULINARY CABARET! YOU'RE ALONE AND YOU'RE SCARED BUT THE BANQUETS ALL PREPARED NO ONE'S GLOOMY OR COMPLAINING WHILE THE FLATWARE’S ENTERTAINING FLATWARE ‘WE TELL JOKES, LUMIERE DO TRICKS WITH MY FELLOW CANDLESTICKS FLATWARE AND IT’S ALL IN PERFECT TASTE, ‘THAT YOU CAN BET! COME ON AND LIFT YOUR GLASS YOU'VE WON YOUR OWN FREE PASS TO BE OUR GUEST! LUMIERE IF YOU'RE STRESSED I'S FINE DINING WE SUGGEST LUMIERE & FLATWARE BE OUR GUEST, BE OUR GUEST, BE OUR GUEST!BEAUTY AND THE BEAST BOG SINGERS BE OUR GUEST, BE OUR GUEST GET YOUR WORRIES OFF YOUR CHEST LET US SAY FOR YOUR ENTREE WE'VE AN ARRAY, MAY WE SUGGEST ‘TRY THE BREAD, TRY THE SOUP WHEN THE CROUTONS LOOP DE LOOP LADIES I'S A TREAT FOR ANY DINER! ("din-ah) DON'T BELIEVE ME, ASK THE CHINA! MEN SINGING PORK, DANCING VEAL WHAT AN ENTERTAINING MEAL BOG SINGERS HOW COULD ANYONE BE GLOOMY OR DEPRESSED? WE'LL MAKE YOU SHOUT ENCORE AND SEND US OUT FOR MORE SO BE OUR GUEST LUMIERE BE OUR GUEST ALL BE OUR GUEST. MRS. POTTS IT'S A GUEST, IT’S. A GUEST SAKES ALIVE, WELLT'LL BE BLESSED! WINE’S BEEN POURED AND THANK THE LORD I'VE HAD THE NAPKINS FRESHLY PRESSED WITH DESSERT, SHE'LL WANT TEA AND MY DEAR, THAT'S FINE WITH ME, WHILE THE CUPS DO THEIR SOFT-SHOEING, TLL BE BUBBLING! I'LL BE BREWING! T'LL.GET WARM, PIPING HOT! HEAVEN'S SAKES! IS THAT A SPOT? CLEAN IT UP! WE WANT THE COMPANY IMPRESSED! ALL WE'VE GOT ALOT TO DO~ 56 - Beauty AnD THE Beast MRS. POTTS I IT ONE LUMP OR TWO FOR YOU, OUR GUEST ALL SHE'S OUR GUEST! MRS. POTTS SHE'S OUR GUEST! ALL SHE'S OUR GUEST! ‘BE OUR GUEST! BE OUR GUEST! BE OUR GUEST! LUMIERE LIFE IS SO UNNERVING FOR A SERVANT WHO'S NOT SERVING HE'S NOT WHOLE WITHOUT A SOUL TO WAIT UPON AH, THOSE GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN WE WERE USEFUL SUDDENLY, THOSE GOOD OLD DAYS ARE GONE ‘TEN YEARS, WE'VE BEEN RUSTING NEEDING SO MUCH MORE THAN DUSTING NEEDING EXERCISE — A CHANCE TO USE OUR SKILLS MOST DAYS, WE JUST LAY AROUND THE CASTLE FLABBY, FAT AND LAZY YOU WALKED IN AND WHOOPS-A-DAISY! Babette! BABETTE Come to me, my little spark. LUMIERE Ah-choo! Ouit BABETTE Not CoGsWwoORTH Lumiere! This time you've gone too far. This is shameless! Shameless! Hey! ALLBeaury AND THE BEAST - 59 - LUMIERE (as napkins enter) Allo! NAPKINS Hil LUMIERE And now, for your continued dining pleasure — Napkins. NAPKINS Ooh la la! (all together) Un, deux, trois, quatre, cing, six, sept, wheee! ALL BE OUR GUEST! BE OUR GUEST! OUR COMMAND IS YOUR REQUEST IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE WE'VE HAD ANYBODY HERE AND WE'RE OBSESSED. WITH YOUR MEAL, WITH YOUR EASE YES, INDEED, WE AIM TO PLEASE WHILE THE CANDLELIGHT'S STILL GLOWING LET US HELP YOU, WE'LL KEEP GOING COURSE BY COURSE, ONE BY ONE! “TIL YOU SHOUT, “ENOUGH, I'M DONE!” ‘THEN WE'LL SING YOU OFF TO SLEEP AS YOU DIGEST TONIGHT YOU'LL PROP YOUR FEET UP! BUT FOR NOW, LET'S EAT UP! BE OUR GUEST! BE OUR GUEST! BE OUR GUEST! PLEASE BE OUR GUEST! BELLE Oh, Lumiere, thank you for dinner. It was delicious. COGSWORTH Good show, everyone! Good show! Well done! Well done! Oh my goodness, look at the time, Off to bed!